So when i'm Making Cathedral heads, i was using a hole puncher in a drill press, but the shoot on the side gets full and super heats the bit then blunts the end. Any other suggestions?
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Re: Drilling the ol Kevlar
Wed, March 5, 2008 - 2:09 PMwhen you are making wicks you dont want to drill into the kevlar. You want to keep the weave intact and just peirce it. I usually just use a philips screwdriver and push it through.
hope that helps.
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Re: Drilling the ol Kevlar
Wed, March 5, 2008 - 2:15 PMSweet. I'll try it tonight. Thanks.
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Re: Drilling the ol Kevlar
Wed, March 5, 2008 - 2:17 PMI've gotten pretty fond of a tool I made myself. Basically a foot of all-thread (5/16" would probably be best), with a point on one end, and three flattened areas on the other. Stick it in a drill and push lightly. -
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Re: Drilling the ol Kevlar
Thu, March 27, 2008 - 1:58 AMAs someone above posted, you don't want to actually drill it - as you've discovered, it just gets messy.
Running the drill in reverse works wonders :) -
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Re: Drilling the ol Kevlar
Thu, March 27, 2008 - 2:13 AMYeah, you're not getting it. It's not a drill bit in the classic sense, but more like a gian screw that I can power with a drill. Instead of cutting the kevlar, it pushes the threads aside then uses that tension to drive the point in further.
Before this, I used a pair of scissors (dull ones with a sharp point) to get the hole started. -
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Re: Drilling the ol Kevlar
Thu, March 27, 2008 - 5:51 AMI made your threaded tool the other night and tried it and OMG that is the best idea I have ever seen. literally went from a half hour of pushing and bit*hing to three seconds of pull a trigger and direct the point. no effort whatsoever. -
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Re: Drilling the ol Kevlar
Thu, March 27, 2008 - 12:22 PMYeah, a lot of the innovations I've produced are in how the tools get made. You should see the stuff behind the scenes for fire fingers... :)
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Re: Drilling the ol Kevlar
Sat, March 29, 2008 - 12:22 PMThis is similar to my approach. I use a big sheetmetal screw and drive it in with a socket wrench.
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